Local Black Power Organizations Seeking to Rise Up and Create Generational Wealth – Free Press of Jacksonville

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Local Black Power Organizations Seeking to Rise Up and Create Generational Wealth – Free Press of Jacksonville

By Lynn Jones-Turpin - Since the days of the Back Panther Party’s (BPP) inception, African American organizations have attempted to rise up and continue the movement’s mottos, missions and goals of self empowerment. The Black [...]

Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

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